System Architect API platform – 4906

Veritaz is a leading IT staffing solutions provider in Sweden, committed to advancing individual careers and aiding employers in securing the perfect talent fit. With a proven track record of successful partnerships with top companies, we have rapidly grown our presence in the USA, Europe, and Sweden as a dependable and trusted resource within the IT industry.

Assignment Description:

We are looking for a Senior System Architect API platform to join our dynamic team.

What you will work on:

• Responsible for the design of parts of our new API platform
• Participate in the planning of roadmaps for our platforms
• Collect requirements and requests from users and other stakeholders
• Evaluate and propose solutions to requirements and requests
• Support, manage and troubleshoot our solutions
• Describe features and user stories for our backlog
• Support developers
• Actively participate in the implementation work
• Document the architecture and solutions
• Provide advice and support in technical design choices and architectural issues

What you bring:

• Good knowledge of architecture and design of microservices
• Knowledge of API lifecycle management, from planning and design to development, testing, implementation and maintenance
• Ability to handle changes and updates to APIs while minimizing disruption to existing users
• Very good knowledge of RESTful design principles and ability to create scalable APIs with clear URIs, HTTP methods and status codes
• Knowledge of optimizing API performance, reducing latency and improving response times. Knowledge of caching, load balancing and CDNs
• Good competence in ASP.NET and C#, preferably latest versions as we work with .NET 7+
• Knowledge of Mutual TLS, OAuth 2, OpenID Connect and ability to implement security layers, including JWT authentication
• Good knowledge of data exchange formats such as JSON and XML and ability to handle serialization and deserialization
• Ability to create clear and comprehensive documentation using tools such as Swagger (OpenAPI).
• Able to develop and manage release strategies for APIs
• Using message queues such as RabbitMQ and Apache Kafka for asynchronous communication
• Good understanding of containerization with Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes
• Good pedagogical ability to describe and present solution architecture, both orally and in writing for developers, architects, product managers and other stakeholders
• Fluent in English and Swedish

Meritorious:

• Knowledge of implementing effective monitoring and logging solutions to monitor API performance and diagnose issues
• Familiarity with tools such as Application Insights, ELK Stack and Prometheus is valuable
• Ability to perform extensive testing, including unit testing, integration testing, load testing, and test automation
• Experience in setting up and working with CI/CD pipelines in GitHub/Azure DevOps for applications and its infrastructure. Experience with Infrastructure as Code languages ​​such as Bicep or Terraform
• Knowledge of GraphQL and ability to create APIs that give clients flexibility and efficiency in data management
• Experience using gRPC and Protocol Buffers (protobufs) to build efficient and responsive APIs
• Ability to implement the CQRS pattern to optimize performance by separating read and write operations
• Competence within Azure
• Experience with messaging services such as RabbitMQ, Kafka or Azure Service Bus
• Proficiency in using WebSockets for real-time and interactive communication in APIs
• Experience in health care operations
• Relevant certifications